Juventus goalkeeper Gigi Buffon has been voted the best of all time by a selection panel of his peers.

Gazzetta dello Sport contacted 18 different shot-stoppers representing 18 different countries to ask them about the greatest of goalkeepers.

Buffon won with seven votes.

He was followed by Lev Yashin on five, then Dino Zoff with two.

Gaining one vote each were Gordon Banks, Iker Casillas, Sepp Maier, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Rogerio Ceni, Claudio Taffarel and Peter Schmeichel.

“Gigi is incredible and always set the example for me, not just on the field with his phenomenal reflexes, but also with his character off it," said Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer, who voted for Buffon and Yashin as equals.